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what are the possible CM-fields of PEL type shimura varieties ?
In the paper "Travaux de Shimura" section 6, Deligne had defined a PEL- type shimura variety, for the following datum $(F,E,D,\psi)$, with $F$ a totally real cubic field, and $E$ a imaginary ...
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Degree of isogenies between (semi-)abelian schemes
Let $S$ be a connected noetherian normal scheme of dimension 0 or 1 (i.e. $S$ is a connected Dedekind scheme).
Let $f:G\to G'$ be a morphism of semi-abelian schemes over $S$. In their book on Neron ...
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Reference for Complex Abelian Varieties
I am looking for a reference which explains how theta functions, algebraically independent meromorphic functions, and line bundles all fit together in the context of complex tori. More explicitly, ...
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If the morphism of root data induced by an isogeny of a reductive group is a Frobenius, is then the isogeny itself a Frobenius?
Let $G$ be a reductive (or just semisimple) algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p > 0$, let $T$ be a maximal Torus and let $f:G \rightarrow G$ be an isogeny. ...
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stably birational abelian varieties are isomorphic
Can anybody help me to prove the following result:
Proposition. Let $A$ and $B$ be abelian varieties over a field $k$ of characteristic zero. Assume that $A \times \mathbb{P}_k^n$ and $B \times \...
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symmetric theta structures and arithmetic subgroups
A symmetric theta structure is a theta structure that commutes with (a lift of) the natural involution $\imath: A \to A$ an an abelian variety. For simplicity I will assume that $A$ is a surface.
Now,...
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Geometric (or intuitive) interpretation of additional derivatives in characteristic p > 0
In characteristic $p > 0$ there are "extra" differential operators, i.e., ones that are outside the algebra generated by first-order derivations.
Is there any interpretation of these operators in ...
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Action of $(\mathbb{Z}/2g\mathbb{Z})$ on quadratic forms on $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$-vector space
Let $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ the 2 elements field, with additive notation.
I need some clarifications on the relation between quadratic forms on a $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$-vector space (say, of ...
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About the Bloch conjecture on entire curves
The Bloch conjecture states the following:
Bloch's conjecture. Let $X$ be a compact complex Kähler variety such that the irregularity $q = h^0(X,\Omega^1_X)$ is larger than the dimension $n = \dim X$....
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Average ranks of abelian surfaces
Most people nowadays believe that over a fixed global field, $50$% of the elliptic curves have $0$ rank, $50$% have rank $1$, and $0$% have higher rank. A significant advance in this direction has ...
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Are these empirical discoveries about the Serre Swinnerton-Dyer ring of prime level modular power series actual theorems?
In this question Joel Bellaiche constructed an algebra, M, of modular forms for
gamma_0 (N) in finite characteristic (which he called p, but I'll call ell) and asked to know its structure. Matt ...
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Connected extensions of finite by connected algebraic groups
Let $1\to H\to E\to G\to 1$ be a short exact sequence of algebraic groups defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$. Suppose $H$ is a finite group, and $G$ and $E$ are ...
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Descent theory of line bundles on abelian varieties under isogenies (in char p>0)
I have a couple of questions regarding the descent theory of line bundles on abelian varieties under isogenies in positive characteristic.
Let $X$ be an abelian variety and $L\in Pic(X)$ a line ...
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A question on Kähler differentials and cotangent spaces on schemes
I have the following question (should be easy for those who know something about the field):
On page 92 (97 of the old edition) of Mumford's book "Abelian varieties", the author talks about an ...
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Explicit description of O^{cris}_n in Fontaine/Messing
Let $k$ be a perfect field of characteristic $p$, $W(k)$ the Witt ring and $K$ its quotient field. In their article "$p$-adic periods and $p$-adic etale cohomology" Fontaine and Messing give in II.1.4 ...
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Zariski closures of one parameter additive maps in positive characteristic
Suppose we are in characteristic $p$, and that the field, $K$, that we are working over is imperfect. We have a map $\Theta: K \to K^{\delta}$ where each coordinate function $\Theta_i$ is an additive ...
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Ways to characterize supersingular primes?
I've read the definition, and it basically says p is a supersingular prime iff
the fundamental domain of a group generated by \Gamma(p) and a matrix ((0, 1), (-p, 0)) is rational.
And there's a ...
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What's known about the mod 2 reduction of the level l Jacobi modular equation?
Motivation:
Let $\ell$ be an odd prime. Let $A$ in ${\mathbb Z}/2[[x]]$ be $x+x^9+x^{25}+x^{49}+...$, and $B=A(x^\ell)$. One can use the level $\ell$ Jacobi modular equation to get a polynomial ...
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Is the stabilizer of an irreducible subvariety of an abelian variety irreducible ?
Let $A$ be a (semi-)abelian variety over an algebraically closed field $K$, and $X$ be a closed irreducible subvariety. Can $X$ have a non-trivial finite stabilizer ? By stabilizer, I mean the closed ...
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On a Strongly F-regular Pair (X, \Delta)
Let $X$ be a normal projective variety over a field of characteristic $p>0$ and $(X, \Delta\geq 0)$ be a pair such that $K_X+\Delta$ is $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier whose index is not divisible by $p$. ...
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Isomorphism between pull-backs of an F-crystal by different liftings of Frobenius
This might be a naive question. But since I haven't seen this in any reference, I'll try to ask it here. Let $T$ be a smooth scheme over the algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$ (...
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Abelian varieties and Selberg class
Hello everyone,
I would like to know whether, assuming Selberg's orthonormality conjecture, it would be possible to establish a "natural" correspondence between abelian varieties and functions ...
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K-theory of categories of group schemes and abelian varieties
Let $k$ be a field (perfect, or characteristic zero if you want - I'm especially interested in when $k$ is a number field). Consider the categories $\mathsf{G}_k=\{\text{commutative affine group ...
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Betti Cohomology of singular Kummer Surface
Let $A$ be a complex torus of (complex) dimension 2 and $X$ the associated Kummer variety $A/\sigma$, where $\sigma(x)=-x$. I would like to compute the cohomology of $X$ with $\mathbb{Z}$ coefficients....
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Nef and effective classes on abelian varieties
Is there any characterization of rational nef classes that don't come from effective $\mathbb{Q}$-divisors on abelian varieties? Is there any result along the lines of "Any nef $\mathbb{Q}$-divisor is ...
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Must the coordinates of a polynomial iteration have about the same size?
Original post. The following statements seem plausible (not to say intuitively obvious), but I do not see how to prove them.
Let us say that a polynomial mapping of $\mathbb{C}^2$ is reducible if ...
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More questions involving characteristic 2 theta series identities
In my answer to my earlier question, "Existence of certain identities involving characteristic 2 thetas", I established some curious identities when the thetas have prime "level" congruent to 1 mod 4 ...
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If an abelian variety has an m-torsion point, is the set of all Galois conjugates of the m-torsion all the m-torsion? [closed]
I believe this is the case, but I couldn't come up with a proof off the top of my head, so I want to make sure.
If $A$ is an abelian variety over some field $K$ (I'm in fact interested only in ...
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Component group of Neron model of a parametrized abelian variety
Let $A$ be an abelian variety of dimension $2$ over a $p$-adic field $K$ with (additive) valuation $v$. Assuming $A$ has multiplicative reduction, the theory of $p$-adic theta functions gives us an ...
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Are torsion points in a semi-abelian variety over $\mathbb C_p$ bounded?
Let $A$ be a semi-abelian variety defined over (a subfield of) $\mathbb C_p$. Consider its $p$-adic topology with some (non-canonical) metric. Can we bound the distance of torsion points to $0$ with ...
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Ramification in Division field of Abelian Varieties
This might be a very simple question, and that might be the reason that I could not find any reference on this.
My question is
Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over a number field $k$, and $N$...
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Semiabelian actions appearing in the toroidal campactification of a degenearting abelian varieties
Given a totally degenerated abelian variety $A_K$ (to make it easier) over a complete discrete valuation field $K$ with $R$, $\pi$ and $k$ the corresponding discrete valuation ring, uniformiser and ...
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level structures and moduli of abelian varieties
Hello,
In the definition of level structure of level $n$ for an elliptic curve $A$, there are two versions:
an isomorphism of group schemes $(\mathbf Z/n\mathbf Z)^2 \to A[n]$.
an isomorhpism of ...
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Resolution of singularities in positive characteristic
I am currently trying to make some small parts of the minimal model program work for some very explicit varities in positive characteristic. I have such a variety $X_1$ and I know that there is a ...
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The formal Group of the dual Abelian Variety
For an abelian variety $A$ with formal group $F$, how is the formal group $F^\ast$ of the dual abelian variety $A^{\vee}$ related to $F$? In general, for a formal group $F$, is there a concept of dual ...
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Isomorphism on p-torsion of Neron models
Let $A$, $B$ be abelian varieties over $\mathbb{Q}$, with corresponding Neron models $\mathcal{A}$, $\mathcal{B}$ over $X=Spec{\mathbb{Z}}$. Let $p$ be an odd prime of good reduction for both $A$ and $...
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Maps on the identity components of Neron models
Any map $A \to B$ of abelian varieties of the same dimension over a global field $K$ induces a map $\mathcal{A} \to \mathcal{B}$ on the corresponding Neron models over $X$ (where $X=Spec{\mathcal{O}_K}...
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What are the polynomial relations between these characteristic 2 "thetas" ?
Suppose $\ell=2m+1$, $m>0$. Define $[i]$ in $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}[[x]]$ to be $$\sum_{n\equiv i\mod l} x^{n^2}.$$ Note that $[0]=1$, and that $[i]=[j]$ whenever $\ell$ divides $i+j$ or $i-j$.
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Given two linear operators A and B over a finite field, is there a third operator C whose kernel is the intersection of kernels of A and B?
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional linear space over a finite field $k$. Let $A$ and $B$ be two endomorphisms of $V$.
Question 1. Is there an endomorphism $C$ of $V$, which is expressed in terms of ...
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Ampleness of the Canonical Bundle for Siegel Modular Varieties
Background
Throughout I only work with varieties over $\mathbb{C}$.
For $p$ a prime number, Let $Y(p)$ denote the modular curve parametrizing elliptic curves together with full $p$-torsion structure,...
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hyperalgebras (positive characteristic)
The question is about commutator in integral forms. Let $A$ an associative algebra over a field of characteristic zero, $x\in A$ and $k\in \mathbb Z$, we denote $x^{(k)}=\frac{x^{k}}{k!}$.
How to ...
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moduli space of abelian varieties of CM-type
Fix a CM-field $K$ of degree $2g$, and a natural number $n$ which is a multiple of $g$. Write
$\tau_1, \tau_2, \ldots, \tau_g, \rho \tau_1, \rho \tau_2, \ldots, \rho \tau_g$
for the different ...
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Level p characteristic 2 modular forms and thetas
BACKGROUND
Let p be an odd prime. An element of Z/2[[x]] is "modular of level p" if it is the mod 2 reduction of a g in Z[[x]] with g the Fourier expansion of a modular form for gamma_0(p). In ...
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Are these subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$ stable under the shallow Hecke algebra?
This is a characteristic $3$ analog of part of my earlier question, "Are these two subspaces of $\mathbb{Z}/2[[x]]$ the same?"
Notation
Fix a prime $N$ other than $3$. Let $F,G \in \mathbb{Z}/3[[x]]$...
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upper bounds for the ranks of the minus parts of modular jacobians
Let $p$ be a prime, and $J^-(p)$ be the maximal quotient of the Jacobian of the modular curve $X_0(p)$ on which the involution acts by $-1$.
Is anything known or conjectured about upper bounds for ...
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Chow Ring of Moduli Space of Abelian Varieties
Is there a good reference for the structure of the Chow ring of $\mathcal{A}_g$, the moduli space of complex principally polarized abelian varieties? More generally, references for the intersection ...
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Which curves cut the Hyperelliptic locus?
Consider the moduli space $\mathcal{A}_{g,n}$ of abelian varieties with some level $n \geq 3$ structure. For simplicity, we just denote it by $\mathcal{A}_{g}$ and drop $n$. Denote the locus of ...
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lower bound for torsion of abelian varieties
Let $A$ be an abelian variety defined over a field $K$ of characteristic $p>0$. Let $A[\ell]$ be the group of $\ell$-torsion points, $\ell\neq p$ a prime. Are there positive constants $C, \eta$ ...
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Obstructions to deforming an abelian variety
Are abelian varieties unobstructed? That is, given an abelian scheme $X \to \mathrm{Spec}R $ for $R$ a local artinian ring and $\mathrm{Spec} R \to \mathrm{Spec} S $ a nilpotent thickening, can we ...
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Galois orbits of newforms with prime power level
Let me start with a simple observation. Suppose $f$ is a weight two newform of level $p^3$. Write $d$ for the size of the Galois orbit $f^\sigma, \sigma \in \mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbf{Q}}/\...
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